r/feminism didn't take too kindly to this... I have no idea why.

hykl · 2012-06-30T13:41:38+00:00

I have a feeling that turning the table and having someone from r/feminism post that on this sub would garner the same upset reaction. Don't really see the relevance.

helllomoto · 2012-06-30T13:49:18+00:00

"It offends me" is a statement of opinion. Why are those not allowed? He is right of course that opinions don't merit special consideration in a fact based argument, but in more subjective ones like "what do you think of this movie?" it is certainly a valid statement.

Also, why should one just ignore someone else's feelings? If I am a doctor and I am pissing on the corpse of your grandmother as you are trying to come to terms with her sudden death just now... and I have asked you to stop... to which you drunkenly reply "WHYYYYY" cock in hand, urine spilling about my ankles... and I say "Because it offends me", that is a valid point in that conversation.

Source.

kilroydacat · 2012-06-30T11:50:54+00:00

you could always use the argument that 'you are offended of their offendedness' and moot the point

SlimThugga · 2012-06-30T14:04:34+00:00

That's a stupid quote considering everyone gets offended at something. Maybe they don't voice it by saying something like "I take offense at X", but they do it somehow.

Nearly half the submissions in here are you guys getting offended about some saying or another somewhere, hell 90% of the posts in /r/atheism are the same way. Nothing inherently wrong with that, it is what it is, don't be hypocritical about it.

pfohl · 2012-06-30T14:16:00+00:00

Meh, there's plenty of times were people should be offended and saying so is important. It's a means of bringing forward moral problems in a our societies. Other individuals and institutions in are allowed to judge whether the offense is meaningful enough to change things.

Sure it can be abused and groups that raise false alarm begin to wear people thin, losing their influence and becoming a spectacle- take PETA for example.

edit for grammar

obscenicus · 2012-06-30T12:26:28+00:00

Relevant (Steve Hughes)

ucecatcher · 2012-06-30T12:02:53+00:00

Were they offended?

Scott2508 · 2012-06-30T11:39:50+00:00

I have a lot of respect for stephen fry , the man is like me and suffers from bi polar but he has done so much to bring awareness to the issue and other issues yet doesnt while and bleat.

Xenoith · 2012-06-30T11:39:24+00:00

Because thought policing is too beneficial.

RosieJo · 2012-06-30T16:39:28+00:00

I don't like the way this subreddit seems to see woman as the enemy. As much as you might like it to not be true, women go through as much shit because of their sex as men do. No matter how much you try to act like women have it so easy, and men have it so hard, it will never be true.

for every guy going through shit because of a woman, or women in general, there is a woman going through shit because of men, or men in general. Making either side the enemy helps nobody and turns you all into bitter assholes whom nobody wants to support or listen to.

But no... continue your useless whining about how your lives are so terrible compared to women who have everything so fucking easy. This goes for women as well. Shut the fuck up and think about individuals as opposed to gender as a united entity.

ghebert001 · 2012-06-30T11:40:22+00:00

Because telling them they shouldn't be offended is taking away their feeling entitled to whine whenever someone says something they don't agree with. I think part of their victim complex is that they can say they're offended at something and the person saying it will automatically feel bad and think they must be wrong for saying it. Great way to change a conversation that's not going in your favour!

helllomoto · 2012-06-30T13:38:20+00:00

Hasnt this exact picture been posted numerous times on reddit, and every time people have pointed out how it's complete and utter bullshit?

2012-06-30T17:51:03+00:00

Well, did you post it there to provoke discussion or just to antagonise them? Many women in this world have every right to feel angered or offended by the way they are treated.

Mensrights doesn't have to mean women's rights are any less relevant, it is equality that matters.

C0CKPUNCHER · 2012-06-30T12:02:33+00:00

Did Stephen Fry say that? I thought someone else did.

trentshipp · 2012-06-30T13:36:18+00:00

This seems misplaced.

Luriker · 2012-06-30T16:53:47+00:00

We are not the r/feminism troll brigade. We don't have to like their movement, but it's not our job to post shit over there and jerk off to their reactions.

OhSoWitty · 2012-06-30T13:14:22+00:00

"Just because you are offended, doesn't mean you're right" -Joe Getty

I suggest you guys check out the podcasts. It's not a show on mensrights btw. www.armstrongandgettyradio.com

Activist4America · 2012-06-30T15:29:23+00:00

Everyone is offended by a repost.

windynights · 2012-06-30T15:41:35+00:00

Great post! It is an annoying phrase and it is meant to silence dissent. And Fry's response is spot on.

2012-06-30T16:43:16+00:00

Seeing as how he's a comedian/actor/atheist advocate who is bipolar, and gay, I think it's more about people being offended by his humor, and lack of belief. Not necessarily men's rights. I guess you could apply it to men's rights, though.

Good quote and awesome guy

Legolihkan · 2012-06-30T17:50:05+00:00

Hey, I'm offended by this!!

MyTrueFeelings · 2012-06-30T19:45:57+00:00

These image macros are stupid.

iabhoruserids · 2012-06-30T14:00:17+00:00

As a lady, I have no problem with this.

CRASNY · 2012-06-30T17:10:20+00:00

Probably because it's a direct quote from a man?

FlipFlopFlapFlub · 2012-06-30T12:45:48+00:00

Oh this is rich, coming from the sub that flips their collective shit the instant someone dares point out misandry isn't real.

Edit: I'm sorry if I've offended anyone.

Trekkie1701 · 2012-06-30T13:19:01+00:00

Anyone ells thinks Fry needs a knighthood?

Neoprastrism · 2012-06-30T16:05:09+00:00

Feminism = Socialism with boobs.

GREATBIGDICK · 2012-06-30T13:08:30+00:00

Irony doesn't mean what you think it means.

Somnolentjack · 2012-06-30T17:33:13+00:00

Lol mens rights. What a retarded subreddit.

Title	r/feminism didn't take too kindly to this... I have no idea why.
Author	Pointing_Out_Irony
Upvotes	330
Comments	81
Date	June 30, 2012 11:25 AM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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